Re:Tell HN: AT&T disabled phone numbers and accounts of user...
by joecool1029 on Friday May 06, 2022 @05:21AM
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>With low level of obstruction, the distance range of 5G is half a kilometer.
Um, no. I regularly connect to a N41 sector broadcasting over 12km away and pull 300-400mbit off it. That's midband 5G, which most consider medium distance.
AT&T is running 3G on 850mhz which they can put a 5G N5 carrier on. This can do that kind of range with obstructions, but is less spectrum so will congest easier like T-Mobile's 600mhz N71 carrier.
Um, no. I regularly connect to a N41 sector broadcasting over 12km away and pull 300-400mbit off it. That's midband 5G, which most consider medium distance.
AT&T is running 3G on 850mhz which they can put a 5G N5 carrier on. This can do that kind of range with obstructions, but is less spectrum so will congest easier like T-Mobile's 600mhz N71 carrier.
EDIT: WCDMA (3G) was always the weakest for coverage. Geographic cell sizes actually shrink as more users connect https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cell_breathing_(telephony)